Of the families who adopt children from foster care, 69 percent are married couples, 26 percent are single females, 3 percent are single males, and 2 percent are unmarried couples.

A national survey in 2007 revealed that 48 million Americans have considered adoption from foster care – more so than any other form of adoption, including private adoption of an infant or international adoption. (National Foster Care Adoption Attitudes Survey, November 2007. Commissioned by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and conducted by Harris Interactive.)

(Unless otherwise indicated, statistics are provided by the U.S. Department of Health and HumanServices, Administration for Children and Families Administration on Children; Interim Estimates for FY2006.)

Learn more about adopting from foster care.

AdoptUSKids has some helpful fact sheets about adopting children from foster care.